Womens Premier League 2023 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants Women Dream11 Match Prediction, Top Picks, Playing 11, Captain, Vice Captain, Player Stats, Pitch Report & Weather Update
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants Women, Match– 16, WPL 2023 | |
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Date | 18th March 2023 |
Time | 7.30 PM IST, 2.00 pm GMT, 7:30 PM local |
Venue | DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai |
RCB and Gujarat Giants will fight to keep their playoff hopes alive. Gujarat has won two games in six outings whereas RCB picked up their first win of the season in the last match. Both teams are sitting on the sword's edge and need a win to stay alive. A loss for RCB will ensurefirst-roundd exit while Gujarat's chances will shrink to negligible with a loss.
The surface will be a good one to bat, however, spinners will get some help so batters need to be careful against them.
The weather will be clear, with the temperature ranging in mid 30s. Mumbai has witnessed some rain recently so humidity will also be on the higher side.
Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Richa Ghosh (wk), Shreyanka Patil, Kanika Ahuja, Disha Kasat, Megan Schutt, Asha Shobana, Renuka Thakur Singh
Sophia Dunkley, Laura Wolvaardt, Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Sneh Rana (c), Sushma Verma (wk), Kim Garth, Tanuja Kanwar, Mansi Joshi, Ashwani Kumari
Both teams are likely to retain the same team given that any change can disrupt the team combination and the teams cannot afford that in such a crunch situation.
Gujarat Giants defeated RCB by 11 runs in the previous meet.
Matches Played | GUJ-W | RCB-W | NR | Tie | |
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Overall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wicketkeeper | Richa Ghosh |
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Batters | Sophie Divine, Smriti Mandhana, Laura Wolvaardt, Sophia Dunkley, Harleen Doel |
All-rounders | Ellyse Perry (C), Ash Gardner (VC), Kim Gareth, Shreyanka Patil |
Bowlers | Megan Schutt |
Key Players
Smriti Mandhana has not fired so far in the tournament but we can back her purely on gut feeling. She is too good a player to not perform for six consecutive games.
Ellyse Perry has enjoyed a decent run in the tournament. She is the leading run-scorer for RCB and has scored over 200 runs. She has bailed out the team from tough situations on many instances and has also bowled well.
Ash Gardner has also been disappointing in the tournament but given what she offers in both departments of the game, she has to be in the team.
Laura Wolvaardt can be a big player for Gujarat Giants. Wolvaardt scored 57 against Delhi capitals, helping the team win a crucial game.
Sophie Divine was asked to open the bowling attack in previous game and she responded with two wickets. If used properly, she can be a matchwinner for RCB.